Making cancer care more accessible to Veterans whose age and mobility difficulties make visiting local clinics difficult.
With more than 56,000 Veterans relying on VA for cancer care each year, our oncologists are vital to providing the right treatment.
VA is innovating ways to bring cancer care closer to home for Veterans regardless of where they live.
VA provides best-in-class cancer care to ensure equitable care.
Of the 160,000 American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans, 41% of those service-connected Veterans are screened for some cancers at lower rates than other groups.
VA supports black Veterans who may be at-risk or in the midst of a cancer journey... reducing barriers to VA’s best-in-class cancer care.
VA has taken on the challenge of the Cancer Moonshot, leading the charge with best-in-class cancer care for our Veterans across the country.
Lynch Syndrome is a collection of genetic mutations that can indicate an increased risk for colorectal cancer. Lifetime risk of colorectal cancer with this signature ranges from 10% to 80%.
PACT ACT is the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxin-exposed Veterans in more than 30 years. Cancer Moonshot helps foster a cancer research community within VA.
VA’s Cancer Cabinet Community Conversation roundtable will be held at Noon EST on July 26, and the public is welcome to join us via YouTube.
VA’s National Oncology Program is working to better deliver equitable cancer care through new initiatives and programs.
Every year, VA diagnoses and treats about 43,000 Veterans with new cases of cancer; VA currently treats 400,000 Veterans with cancer. Here is VA's progress on treating cancer.












